<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Mark Coplan, <a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a></span></span></font></div><div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BUSD School Board in Final Stages
of Superintendent Search</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt;line-height:15pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">(BERKELEY, CA) ― The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education announced that they are in the final stages of their comprehensive, national search for a new superintendent, having unanimously narrowed the field of candidates down to one finalist, Dr. Edmond Heatley. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><img src="http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/images/Dr.%20Heatley_Board_Members%20001.jpg"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Berkeley is a very vibrant community that has high expectations
of and high levels of support for its public schools,” said Board President
John Selawsky.<span> </span>“The Board is looking for
a new superintendent who is an educational leader with the talent and
experience to lead our schools in meeting our academic goals and address our
fiscal challenges.”</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">Although he is the finalist, the Board has not yet approved a
contract with Dr. Heatley.<span> </span>On Thursday,
August 30 and Friday, August 31 a district team, headed by School Board member
Karen Hemphill, traveled to Clayton County Public Schools—a countywide school
district near Atlanta, Georgia, where Dr. Heatley is superintendent—to conduct
a site visit.<span> </span>The visit included
interviews with school board members, parents, teachers, staff, district
administrators, union leadership, and community leaders.<span> </span>The site visit team will be meeting with the
Board on September 5 to share their perceptions and insights regarding the site
visit.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">The site visit is the final step of an extensive vetting process
to verify Dr. Heatley’s credentials and is conducted in addition to the
required background checks.<span> </span>Once this
due diligence is completed, the Board will be in a position to formally offer
Dr. Heatley an employment contract.<span> </span>That
decision is expected to come before the Board in September.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">"I am excited about the opportunity to join a high achieving
team focused on ensuring that every student has the opportunity to achieve
greatness.<span> </span>I believe in a fair break for
every child and that all students can learn.<span>
</span>It is great to see that the Berkeley community feels the same way,
putting action behind their words,” said Dr. Heatley.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><b></b></div><br><div><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SELECTION CRITERIA</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Early this year the Board undertook an extensive public input
process involving over 600 Berkeley residents and district stakeholders who
responded to surveys and participated in focus groups.<span> </span>The result was a leadership profile that
prioritized the characteristics that the Board and the community want in a new
superintendent.<span> </span>Of all the candidates,
the Board was unanimous in concluding that Dr. Heatley best possessed such
characteristics.</span></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Instructional Leadership</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Under Dr. Heatley’s leadership, the number of students failing to
meet expectations on Georgia’s standardized exams has declined across all
racial and ethnic categories, particularly among African-American and Latino
students; participation rates in AP and IB classes have increased; and overall
daily student attendance has grown.<span> </span>Dr.
Heatley has also spearheaded efforts that have been successful in improving
graduation rates and college and career readiness.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Effective Communicator</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When Dr. Heatley arrived in Clayton County, voters had rejected
the district’s budget as allowed under Georgia law. <span> </span>Dr. Heatley undertook an extensive community
process to listen to the community’s concerns and, in turn, to educate the
community regarding the realities of the district’s finances.<span> </span>Since then, voters have approved the
district’s budget every year under Dr. Heatley’s superintendency.<span> </span>Additionally, Dr. Heatley has facilitated the
development of the first district and community strategic plan.<span> </span>He has also overseen a substantial increase
in the number of community information forums and parent workshops and in the
number of community members attending district-sponsored meetings.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Skilled Manager</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Clayton County is a large district with approximately 52,000
students and over 7,500 employees serving in 70 school sites.<span> </span>During his tenure as Superintendent in
Clayton County, Dr. Heatley was able to regain full accreditation for the
district and close a significant budget shortfall while maintaining the
district’s core educational programs.<span> </span>He
was also instrumental in building significant community partnerships and in
creating programs to support graduating seniors.<span> </span>Dr. Heatley has extensive experience in
California where he has been a site administrator, an assistant superintendent,
associate superintendent, and a superintendent prior to his tenure in Clayton
County.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At the outset of the superintendent selection process, the
community was informed that the process would involve (1) a public process to
compile the leadership profile, (2) Board interviews of candidates in private,
using the profile as an evaluation tool, (3) a site visit, if possible, and (4)
a public announcement of the name of the finalist prior to final consideration.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Board will make a final decision on whether to formally offer
Dr. Heatley an employment contract in September.<span> </span>Should the Board make such an offer and
should Dr. Heatley accept, stakeholders and community members will be provided
with multiple opportunities to meet Dr. Heatley and hear about his vision for
Berkeley upon his arrival.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt"><br><span style="line-height:15pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt">
<span style="line-height:15pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Additional </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Background on Dr. Heatley: <a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Heatley-Additional-Background.pdf">http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Heatley-Additional-Background.pdf</a><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt">
<span style="line-height:15pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Read Dr. Heatley's Biography: </span><font color="#0000ee" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.44444465637207px;line-height:20px"><u><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Heatley-Bio-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Heatley-Bio-1.pdf</a></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">See <a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/superintendent-search-2012/" target="_blank">http://www.berkeleyschools.net/superintendent-search-2012/</a> for additional information regarding the superintendent search.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></p>Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer<div>
Berkeley Unified School District</div>
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